South Eastern Division Catamaran in Distress A WELL-REEFED CATAMARAN making heavy weather two-and-a-half miles off St Margaret's, Kent, was seen by the Coastguard at 9.10 a.m. on Sunday, October 21, 1973. Dover lifeboat station was put...
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire October 1 Amble, Northumberland September 5 and October 4 Appledore, North Devon September 4, 16 and 17 Arranmore, Co. Donegal September 17 and October 12 Bannouth, Gwynedd September 2 and October 8 Barry Dock, South...
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Lerwick, Shetland*, and Stromness, Orkneys.—llth January. The steam trawler Strathrye, of Aberdeen, with a crew of nine, sent out a wireless message that she was leaking and in danger of sinking at about 10 P.M. on the llth January. The...
Eight Lloyds Bank staff from Petersfield branch, their friends and customers together with an East Hampshire Post reporter made a sponsored parachute jump last April.
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Three of the 17 men to win medals for gallantry on service to Nafsiporos: Coxswain Richard Evans of Moelfre gold), Lt. Commander Harold Harvey (gold), and Coxswain Thomas Alcock of Holy head silver).
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Holyhead, Anglesey. At 1.50 on the afternoon of the 28th of August, 1959, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a man was clinging to an overturned sailing dinghy one mile off shore between South Stack and Rhosco- lyn Point. At...
Lt Cdr Brian Miles, director of the RNLI, (left) and the managing director of Laing's, Trevor Berry, lay the highest section of concrete to mark the topping-out of the RNLI's new headquarters building. (Photo Southern Newspapers).<... - View image in PDF
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On the 30th August, 1859, the brig Oprdsingen, of Arendal, ran on the Bonndnis rock, in Cas- tletown Bay. The master and carpenter landed to procure assistance; but the wind and sea increasing rapidly, it was impossible again to reach her in...
Port St. Mary, Isle of Man - At 10.45 P-m- on 2nd July, 1967, a message was received that medical assistance was required for a sick man working on the building of a new lighthouse on Claf Island. The life-boat R. A. Colby Cubbin No. 2, with...
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